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Hidden sector explanation of $B$-decay and cosmic ray anomalies
There are presently several discrepancies in b→sℓ+ℓ- decays of B mesons suggesting new physics coupling to b quarks and leptons. We show that a Z′, with couplings to quarks and muons that can explain the B-decay anomalies, can also couple to dark matter in a way that is consistent with its relic abu...
Autores principales: | , , , |
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Lenguaje: | eng |
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2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.095015 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2244881 |
Sumario: | There are presently several discrepancies in b→sℓ+ℓ- decays of B mesons suggesting new physics coupling to b quarks and leptons. We show that a Z′, with couplings to quarks and muons that can explain the B-decay anomalies, can also couple to dark matter in a way that is consistent with its relic abundance, direct detection limits, and hints of indirect detection. The latter include possible excess events in antiproton spectra recently observed by the AMS-02 experiment. We present two models, having a heavy (light) Z′ with mZ′∼600(12) GeV and fermionic dark matter with mass mχ∼50(2000) GeV, producing excess antiprotons with energies of ∼10(300) GeV. The first model is also compatible with fits for the Galactic center GeV gamma-ray excess. |
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